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Calendar Events
Do you need ideas of when to hold your reading program? Use these special dates to schedule an event. Any authors or characters below are in our reward catalog.
May 2010 |
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| Get Caught Reading Month | ||
10-16 |
Children's Book Week | |
14
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George Lucas's 66th Birthday Creator of Star Wars |
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15 |
L. Frank Baum's 154th Birthday Author of The Wizard of Oz |
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17 |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz's 110th Anniversary | |
18 |
Shrek's 9th Anniversary | |
24 |
Hannah Montana's 4th Anniversary | |
25 |
Star Wars' 33rd Anniversary | |
June 2010 |
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1 |
Hardy Boys' 83rd Anniversary | |
1 |
Stand for Children Day | |
26 |
Harry Potter's 13th Anniversary | |
27 |
Rainbow Brite's 26th Anniversary | |
July 2010 |
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4 |
Independence Day | |
9 |
Pirates of the Caribbean's 7th Anniversary | |
11 |
E.B. White's 111th Birthday Author of Stuart Little |
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17 |
Spongebob Squarepants' 11th Anniversary | |
31 |
J.K. Rowling's 45th Birthday Author of Harry Potter |
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August 2010 |
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| New school year | ||
25 |
Wizard of Oz Anniversary | |
September 2010 |
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| National Literacy Month | ||
| National School Success Month | ||
8 |
International Literacy Day | |
13 |
Scooby-Doo Anniversary | |
28 |
Hillary Duff's 23rd Birthday Lizzie McGuire |
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October 2010 |
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8 |
R.L. Stine's 67th Birthday Author of The Best Friend and Midnight Games |
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16 |
The Walt Disney Company's 87th Anniversary | |
31 |
Halloween | |
November 2010 |
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1 |
National Family Literacy Day | |
8-15 |
American Education Week | |
10 |
National Young Readers Day | |
11 |
Sesame Street's 41st Anniversary | |
13 |
Robert Louis Stevenson's 160th Birthday Author of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
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16-22 |
National Children's Book Week | |
22 |
George Eliot's 191st Birthday Author of Silas Marner |
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22-28 |
National Family Read Week | |
23 |
Miley Cyrus's 18th Birthday Hannah Montana |
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29 |
C.S. Lewis's 112th Birthday Author of Chronicles of Narnia |
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December 2010 |
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1 |
Nickelodeon's 33rd Anniversary | |
5 |
Walt Disney's 109th Birthday | |
24 |
Stephenie Meyer's 37th Birthday Author of Twilight |
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25 |
Christmas Day | |
January 2011 |
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| National Book Blitz Month | ||
1 |
New Years Day | |
1 |
Stuart Little's 66th Anniversary | |
8 |
International Literacy Day | |
12 |
Lizze McGuire's 10th Anniversary | |
13 |
Make Your Dreams Come True Day | |
17 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day | |
19 |
Edgar Allan Poe's 202nd Birthday | |
23 |
National Handwriting Day | |
February 2011
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2 |
G.I. Joe's 47th Anniversary | |
7 |
Charles Dickens's 199th Birthday Author of a Tale of Two Cities and Oliver Twist |
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14 |
Read to Your Child Day | |
14 |
Valentine's Day | |
15 |
National Gumdrop Day | |
March 2011
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| National Reading Month | ||
2 |
Read Across America (Dr. Suess's 107th Birthday) |
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3 |
Patricia MacLachlan's 73rd Birthday Author of Caleb's Story |
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17 |
St. Patrick's Day | |
April 2011
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| National Poetry Month | ||
2 |
International Children's Book Day | |
10-16 |
National Library Week | |
21 |
Barbara Park's 64th Birthday Author of the Junie B. Jones |
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23 |
Shakespeare's 447th Birthday | |
25 |
Easter Monday | |
28 |
Nancy Drew's 81st Anniversary | |
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